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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, hpa@linux.intel.com, brice.goglin@gmail.com,
	bp@alien8.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/6] sched: consolidate config options
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:03:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140919230308.GK2832@worktop.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <541C80E1.9040601@sr71.net>

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:15:45PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 09/18/2014 10:29 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >> > +config SCHED_BOOK
> >> > +	def_bool y
> >> > +	prompt "Book scheduler support"
> >> > +	depends on ARCH_ENABLE_SCHED_BOOK
> >> > +	select SCHED_MC
> >> > +	help
> >> > +	  Book scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
> >> > +	  when dealing with machines that have several books.
> >> > +
> >> > +	  Currenltly only used on s390 which has only a single NUMA node.
> >> > +	  Books are collections of CPUs that are grouped similarly to a NUMA
> >> > +	  node, but without the same memory properites that NUMA nodes have.
> > Nothing outside of s390 knows about SCHED_BOOK, it doesn't make sense to
> > have that here.
> 
> By sticking all of them together, my hope was that folks who were going
> to add a topology level could see all of the existing options in a
> single place.
> 
> But, just say the word and I'll yank it out and repost.

Yeah, I think its best to leave it a s390 private afair.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-19 23:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-17 22:33 [RFC][PATCH 0/6] fix topology for multi-NUMA-node CPUs Dave Hansen
2014-09-17 22:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/6] topology: rename topology_core_cpumask() to topology_package_cpumask() Dave Hansen
2014-09-17 22:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/6] x86: introduce cpumask specifically for the package Dave Hansen
2014-09-18 14:57   ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-17 22:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/6] x86: use package_map instead of core_map for sysfs Dave Hansen
2014-09-17 22:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/6] sched: eliminate "DIE" domain level when NUMA present Dave Hansen
2014-09-18 17:28   ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-17 22:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/6] sched: keep MC domain from crossing nodes OR packages Dave Hansen
2014-09-17 22:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/6] sched: consolidate config options Dave Hansen
2014-09-18 17:29   ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-19 19:15     ` Dave Hansen
2014-09-19 23:03       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2014-09-18  7:45 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/6] fix topology for multi-NUMA-node CPUs Borislav Petkov
     [not found] ` <CAOjmkp8EGO0jicmdO=p6ATHz-hUJmWb+xoBLjOdLBUwwGzyhhg@mail.gmail.com>
2014-09-22 15:54   ` Aravind Gopalakrishnan

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